http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/ Food, family and synchronicity, in mostly equal parts Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/#comment-18705 Apartment 2024 » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday Father O’ Mine Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:54:07 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/?p=240#comment-18705 [...] He’s always bemoaned this halving of his yearly gift allotment, but there’s nothing we can do about the day he was born, and the idea of going out after the holidays and doing more shopping is more than we can handle. So we shop for events at once and ignore the inevitable protests. This year I brought an unopen bottle of booze (I’m not remembering what exactly it was this time, brandy maybe) filched from my grandparents’ seemingly inexhaustable liquor cabinet and bought a tennis racket while I was home. According to my mom, they are sitting on the couch, waiting for him to arrive home from a performance at a peace service at a local Unitarian church. I’m a little bit curious how she wrapped the racket. [...] [...] He’s always bemoaned this halving of his yearly gift allotment, but there’s nothing we can do about the day he was born, and the idea of going out after the holidays and doing more shopping is more than we can handle. So we shop for events at once and ignore the inevitable protests. This year I brought an unopen bottle of booze (I’m not remembering what exactly it was this time, brandy maybe) filched from my grandparents’ seemingly inexhaustable liquor cabinet and bought a tennis racket while I was home. According to my mom, they are sitting on the couch, waiting for him to arrive home from a performance at a peace service at a local Unitarian church. I’m a little bit curious how she wrapped the racket. [...]

]]> http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/#comment-711 Marisa Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:16:00 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/?p=240#comment-711 Dad, I'll see what I can do for you in the booze department. Dad, I’ll see what I can do for you in the booze department.

]]> http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/#comment-710 MoDad Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:41:00 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/?p=240#comment-710 So, why don't you bring along that whiskey when you come home for Christmas? I'm just supposing... So, why don’t you bring along that whiskey when you come home for Christmas? I’m just supposing…

]]> http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/#comment-709 Katey Schultz Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/?p=240#comment-709 good thing you found the battery to your oh-so-cool swivelling screwdriver. :-) again, i like the tone of this piece. lovely memoir. good thing you found the battery to your oh-so-cool swivelling screwdriver. again, i like the tone of this piece. lovely memoir.

]]> http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/#comment-708 anonymous city girl Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/?p=240#comment-708 I have a habit of taking the items that hold memories and turning them into somethings else... like making a pillow out of an old sweater or something. Maybe if the bar won't survive you can break it down and use it to make something like frames for family pictures. I have a habit of taking the items that hold memories and turning them into somethings else… like making a pillow out of an old sweater or something.
Maybe if the bar won’t survive you can break it down and use it to make something like frames for family pictures.

]]> http://www.apartment2024.com/2005/11/13/the-bar-on-the-wall/#comment-707 aasmodeus Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:22:00 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/?p=240#comment-707 do you have any memories associated with it besides your sister? reading this makes me pine for such memories ;) i am, after all, reliving your life vicariously. do you have any memories associated with it besides your sister? reading this makes me pine for such memories i am, after all, reliving your life vicariously.

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